President Eric Holder?


During a Wednesday breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Eric Holder was asked whether he'd run for president in 2020. "We'll see," he said, adding, "I'm focused on NDRC at this point. I think I'll make a decision by the end of the year about whether there's another chapter in my government service." The NDRC, or National Democratic Redistricting Committee, is a Holder-led effort focused on redistricting reform. Holder has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump. Appearing on MSNBC on Wednesday night, Holder said to Rachel Maddow that there is enough evidence to technically charge Trump with obstruction of justice. "If one looks at the dismissal of [former FBI director] James Comey and the reasons why the president told Lester Holt he did that, if you look at the president's attempts to try to get people who were the heads of the intelligence agencies to get involved in this matter, if you look at the president's actions on the airplane with regards to that statement, and a variety of other things, I think you technically have a case of obstruction of justice," Holder said. Maddow pressed Holder on his potential POTUS aspirations. "Are you going to think seriously about running this year, sir?" she asked. "Well, I'm focusing on the NRDC with regard to redistricting, I'm focusing my efforts there. And I will make a decision at the end of this year what I want to do with regard to a higher office," Holder responded. More here.

Tiffany D. Cross